drilling in glass

[aggen]

Have tried to search for this in the forum.

I am going to install a 6mm non-tempered glass panel as a backsplash, but I need to make holes in the glass for electrical outlets. Can I drill into the glass?

 

[Sailorman]

Can and can. It can probably be done but I wouldn't do it myself. It probably costs a bit to buy the tools needed. When we checked the prices, it wasn't too expensive to get the disc drilled. You have to be precise with the measuring though...

 

[imported_Benno]

Make sure it doesn't get hot. I once tried for fun to drill through a car window (tempered) with an ordinary steel drill bit. At first, nothing happened, then the drill got so hot that it melted through the glass like butter. A moment after I stopped drilling, it went pop and the window had pulverized. Untempered glass doesn't explode but cracks due to thermal stress.

 

[josa1161]

Tile drill bits should work, at least that's what it says on the packaging.

 

[BHU]

Low RPM, tile drill and a bit of denatured alcohol to cool with?